Closet-seat bumper



1 .TILGHMAN :r.

Patented Oct. 2, 19 23.

UNITED STA FLOREY,

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' fioLosEr eheat am Application'filed January 11, 1323. Serial 12,115.

designed for use in connection; with water :closet seats and covers, forpreventingbrea le I ing, chafing or otherwise injurin'g the'fragileearthenware bowls, by the falling or slammingof the seats. Y

The object of the'invention is'to provide a bumper for closet seats andthe like, comprising a relatively softfrubber body of suitable size toafford'adequate cushioning, and which is detachably secured to theundersides of the closet seat, as well as the cover; A further object isto provide novel andsii'nple means for securing the. bumper to the seatand cover, the said means preferably consisting of a single piece ofmetal, which is imbedded in the rubber body whenmolded. And a furtherobject is to provide novel and simple meansfor effecting the clinchingofparts" of the fastenersfor preventing acciclental' detachment of thebumpersfrom the seats and covers.

I attain these objects by the means set forth in the detaileddescription which follows, and as illustrated by the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a watercloset bowl,seat and cover, to which my improvement is applied. Fig. 2 is anenlarged broken sectional view of the bowl and seat. Figs. 3, 4 and 5are similar fragmentary sections of a closet seat; showing variousmethods of fastening my bumpers to the seat, Fig. 6 is a horizontalsection, taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 3; showing a plain staplelikefastener. Fig. 7 is a similar section,

taken on line 77 of Fig. 4; showing means for reinforcing the fastener,as well as the bumper. And Fig. 8 is a bottom face view of the rubberbody. I

In the drawing, 2 represents an ordinary earthenware water-closet bowl,having a hollow flushing-rim 2, which surrounds the usual open top ofthe bowl. ;8 represents an ordinary closet seat, which substantiallycovers the open top of the bowl, and may be hinged to any kind of posta. '5 represents tween the bumpers and the; more or less a cover, whichmay be hinged 9M. In-practice, the seat 3 is usually spaced'from therim.2' of the bowl, by 'meansof aseries 'of'bumpers, as 7, and inlikefmanner the cover is spaced from' thefs'eat. A's iarule.

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these bumpers are "madeout of relatively soft rubber, which'not"onlyfprodu'ces the desired cushion eifectfbut the material ofthe bumpersis of-such naturethat contact' b'efragile rim 2" is not liable to ehafeor other wise injure or mar the bowl. The bumpers 7, inthe present case,arepreferably molded, 1 I

and dnrin'g this molding operation, 'fasteners 8 are partially imbeddedin the 'body'of the bumpersfin such manner" that the :two parts areinseparable. In the preferreddis positionand arrangement ofthe'fastener- 8,

none of the metal, excepting two tangsor I 5 arms 8" employedforflse'curing the bumper to the work, is exposed. Each fastenerfSpreferably": comprises a singlestr'andof round wire ofsuitablegaugejwhichfl is-previously bent substantially U-s'h'aped, forproviding the spaced tangs 8". The body 8 of thefastener is preferablydisposed horizontally about midway of 'the depth of the bumper 7 so'thata relatively 'tliicl -'layer of the rubber is disposed both above'andbelow the portion 8 The body 8 of the fastener may be plain andstraight, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6; but in the preferred con struction,the said body is given a serpentine formation, as best seen in- Figs. 4and 7. By

this latter construction and arrangement, the metal portion 8 is notliable to come into contact with the rim 2 until the bumper is so nearlyworn out as to require replacing, and by providing this serpentineformation of the body portion 8, the whole fastener is not onlyadequately reinforced, but it is also more effectually balanced, thanthe 'fastener shown in Figs. 3 and 6. This is very' desirable, becauseit tends to prevent the bumper from flexing or wobbling laterally andbecoming canted or working loose.

In preparing the seat and cover, for the reception of the bumpers,relatively small holes 9 are bored in the bottom surfaces of the parts,and in order to insurethe proper application of the bumpers. the holes 9are preferably of slightly smaller caliber than the ta-ngs 8 of thefasteners, so as to require more or less force to drive the tangs home.

For the straightout tangs, as shown in Figs.

plying the bumpers, the holes 9 a atomy at angles totlie bottom facesoffthe seat and cover, as best seenin Figs. 4 and 5. By

the latter arrangement of the sockets- 9, the tangs 8','when driven intothe holesare bent towards or from each othenthereby producularjto thebottom faces of the seat and cover. But in the preferred method of apinga clinching effect, which renders accidental detachment or looseningofthe bumpers impossible. The gauge of the wire from which the fasteners 8are made; is preferably the same *throughout, and the' free ends of of.being tapered, since .it has been found thattapering tangs are moreliable to work loose, and besides they are more expensive Myimproyedbuinpers together withtheir fasteners, areextremely simple,durable and inexpensive, and maybe readily and quickly appliedandiremoved w thout any special tools,and without danger of splitting orinjuring the seats and'covers. V i I Having thus described my invention,what I' claim, is I v 1. A bumper for vcloset seats comprising a moldedrubber body-having asubstantially level face for contacting with theseat, and a U-shaped metal fastener having its body portionimbeddedmidway in the depth of the rubber body, thearms of! the fastenercomprising plain; tang-s which project from the level face; adapted tobe driven in and clinched to the seat. 7 a

2. The combination with acloset sea-thaw ing sockets in its bottomsurface arranged in pairs and at angles to the plane: of said bottom, ofa rubberbumper having asubfastener having a serpentine body fOIlQlH-forcing the fastener land the rubberbodyimbedded in the rubberand havingperpendicular tangs extending beyond the rubber 1 'and'a'dap'ted-to bedriven into a pair of said v angular sockets for clinching the bumper tothe seat. J

3. A rubber bumper for watercloset seats, comprising an'elongatedbodyhaving a substantially level facejfor contacting with the p p r Iface of the seat and a QU-shaped fastener .thetangs 8?arepreferablyjblunt, instead I having round bluntftangs adapted to be 1driven into angular holes inthe seat, .the

body portion of said .fastener being im- 1 bedded substantially in theline of the longi- 7 a substantially fiat face for contact with saidbottom side and overspreading. said sockets, and a wire fastener havingalserpentine body imbedded substantially in the line of the longitudinalaXis'of the'r ubber bumper, and having perpendicularintegral tangsextending beyond said flat face and adapted when driven into saidsockets to be bentVto con- 7 tudinal axisof the rubber bodyyand' thesaid bodyportion having. a serpentine formation i form to the angularityof: the sockets for clinchin'g. and holding; the bumper from wobbling. r.7 i

In testimony whereof I aflix my s1 gnature.

TILGrHMAY J. FLOREY. I

